I Like the Pope
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I read about this graffiti/mural in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago and promptly forgot about it before I ran into it on Houston the other day. I would love to have linked to the original Times story (written by Howard Kurtz) if it wasn’t for the fact that the Times idiots have put their archived stories behind a paywall. So, instead of sending you to the NYT website, stick around for some (free) tidbits of information…
This pope was painted by Lower East Side muralist Chico, who has used the wall in years gone by to immortalize other icons such as the Tejano singer Selena, Celia Cruz, Princess Diana, and Pope John Paul II (as part of a larger antiwar mural).
Graff geeks may be interested to know that for this mural, Chico used a color called teal green. The color, which can no longer be bought, used to be made by Krylon, but Chico picked it up in a hardware store on Clinton Street.
He’s hoping that the mural will stay up for at least a couple more years, so if you want to check it out here’s the address.
5 Comments
May 7th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Hi, Paul. I’m not sure why, but this link appears to bypass the archives barrier.
May 7th, 2005 at 4:51 pm
That;s strange. It must be because I searched for it. Here’s the page I got.
May 7th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
I hit the abstract page when I searched for it as well. I’m really not sure how I happened across the link that works. I do have a magic formula (I think) for getting permalinks from the paper. It’s in the mail, or will be soon.
May 11th, 2005 at 4:56 am
Teal Green – as used in the mural – is so named after the feathers of the common duck, it is darker and more green than aquamarine and has a reflective quality which is often found in the feathers of birds. As is the case in most bird species, the males are the most flamboyant in terms of plumage, females of the species are often fairly plain. This is in stark contrast to humans where the adage:
men dally with love – looking for sex
Women dally with sex – looking for love
prevails
May 11th, 2005 at 8:05 am
Fascinating Harry. If their feathers were blue would they be harder to shoot?